IUCN status: Extinct
Last seen: Caloprymnus campestris were last seen in 1935 in Ooroowilanie, east of Lake Eyre (IUCN 2023)
IUCN claim: “Extinction is considered to have been due to predation by red foxes and feral cats.”
Desert rat kangaroos were last confirmed at Ooroowilanie and Koonchera Dune, SA, 50-70 and 46-66 years after cats arrived, respectively (Current submission).
No studies
There are no studies evidencing a link between cats and the
extinction of desert rat kangaroos.
Abbott, The spread of the cat, Felis catus, in Australia: re-examination of the current conceptual model with additional information. Conservation Science Western Australia 7 (2008).
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions.
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023